Act Number: 10

Act Name: The Mental Healthcare Act, 2017

Year: 2017

Enactment Date: 2017-04-07

Long Title: An Act to provide for mental healthcare and services for persons with mental illness and to protect, promote and fulfil the rights of such persons during delivery of mental healthcare and services and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

Ministry: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

Department: Department of Health and Family Welfare

Section 96: Restriction on psychosurgery for persons with mental illness.
    (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, psychosurgery shall not be performed as a treatment for mental illness unless--
         (a) the informed consent of the person on whom the surgery is being performed; and
         (b) approval from the concerned Board to perform the surgery, has been obtained.
     (2) The Central Authority may make regulations for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this section.
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